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Memorable Visit of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to University of St Andrews

Posted By: adminon: September 25, 2023In: People in ActionTags: Ashanti Empire, Ghana, SAASUM, UKNo CommentsViews:

The event took place September 16th, 2023 but the memories are still lingering for those who experienced the visit of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to UK’s University of St Andrews in Scot... Read more

Prof Adele Jinadu Has Killed a Conceptual Elephant

Posted By: adminon: August 12, 2023In: BookspaceTags: 'Judicial Activism', 'Jurisprudence of the crippled oracle', Democratisation, India, Kenya, MacArthur Foundation, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

The big question in the 53 page PDF text (at least the one Intervention got) is the tricky question of what judicial activism brings or takes away from democracy/democratisation as the case... Read more

France Tops the Global Destination for African Students, Followed by China – Carnegie Africa

Posted By: adminon: July 14, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Canada, Carnegie Africa Program, France, Malaysia, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USANo CommentsViews:

Carnegie Africa has released a shocking report on the hierarchy of global destinations in African students’ preferences. It is shocking in the sense that France, not the United Kingdom or th... Read more

France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, US, UK, China, All Subsidise Energy, Says Oil Chieftain, Majeed Dahiru

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Aramco, Energy, Foreign investors, France, Fraud, Germany, GSM, Muhammadu Buhari, PMS, PRC China, Saudi Arabia, UK, US1 CommentViews:

The only difference between this and the previous version is the headline. Readers have rejected the previous headline and it stands changed. All other things about this deeply interesting i... Read more

Strongest 105 Universities in the Social Science Subjects in the 2023 World University Subject Ranking

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Africa, CHINA, Decoloniality, Global knowledge production, Latin America, Middle East, QS Subject ranking, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

It is time to get more insights into how well or not too well particular universities are teaching particular courses as QS World University Ranking releases its 2023 Subject Ranking. It is... Read more

But, What is the Tinubu Imaginaire? (1)

Posted By: adminon: March 02, 2023In: GovernanceTags: Africans, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, INEC, Kemal Ataturk, Rwandan genocide, UKNo CommentsViews:

It was 3. 19 am (4. 19 am in Nigeria) on March 1st when the alert from The Washington Post hit one’s email on the official declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Co... Read more

Harvard University Makes a Statement on Gender and Race With a Spectacular Announcement of Her First Black President

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Barack Obama, Gender, race, THE, UK, USANo CommentsViews:

Harvard University in the United States has named a new president but in a manner that will reverberate around the world. This is the first time it is happening for the leadership of Harva... Read more

Is There a Cap on the Number of Black Players that Can be Fielded in England’s Team?

Posted By: adminon: December 05, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Deschamps, English Premier League, Euros, France, Germany, Qatar, Southgate, UK, World CupNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura I’ve just done a systematic comparison of the England teams in the Euros of 2021 and this current World Cup. It confirms my casual observation yesterday that there seems to... Read more

UI’s Professor Adigun Agbaje Kidnapped

Posted By: adminon: October 29, 2022In: GovernanceTags: DVC, Kidnappers, Terrorist attack, UI, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

Foremost Nigerian political scientist, Prof Adigun Agbaje has been reported kidnapped. How it happened and where are still out of details but the news of the professor’s fall into the... Read more

How Did Nigeria Perform in the Just Released 2023 THE World University Ranking?

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Africa, Australia, CHINA, Oxford, SOAS, UI, UK, UNILAG, University of Cape Town, USNo CommentsViews:

The Times Higher Education, (THE), one of the six or so conducting its own world ranking of universities, is out with the 2023 exercise. There is nothing earth shaking in it as the United Ki... Read more